Some comments on some reviews:
From: thecynic()
You might want to investigate posting this at the Twisting the Hellmouth site, they allow NC17 fics. I'm enjoying it and would like to read all of it.
I already post on a number of Buffy Yahoo groups and have no wish to expand (I am a Lurker on Twisting).
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From: JoeHundredaire ?userid=237207)
Other than the horrible formatting near the top... there are several awkward run-on sentences... you have at least one homonym issue (addition/edition) that I saw off the top of my scan, a number of misspellings and awkward phrasings... it's a good premise, but the story itself needs work.
Hmmm but not very enlightening, I forgot 's annoying formatting when I posted the first few parts as I point out at the beginning the first parts of this story went out unbetad. As for spelling mistakes appearing on your computer word processor I assume you have it set for UK English spelling! That way I suspect the misspellings will more than likely disappear?
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From: c-wolf ?userid=411819)
blinks no offense, but while I might tolerate the existence of slash, NC- 17 is too disturbing. I actually like it this way.
Fair enough.
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From: JoeHundredaire ?userid=237207)
I thought maybe you might have found a beta between chapters one and four, but alas, this sucks just as bad as the first part when it comes to your actual English.
May I suggest you do what I do with stories I cannot stand. DO NOT CONTINUE TO READ THEM.
Blessings
Dave
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Title: Of Gates and Mouths 5/? Author: David A. Knapton
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Archive: If anyone wishes to go ahead, but it would be polite to at least drop me a line.
Rating: 15/R this part
Pairings: Willow/Tara Buffy/Faith Amanda/Andrew Janet/Sam
Crossover: BtVS/Angel and Stargate.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in any of the shows. If I did, boy would I have some fun?
Spoilers: See part 1.
Notes: See part 1.
Summery: See part 1.
After graduating from High school Dawn was accepted to PennState, where she meets her new roommate Cassandra.
A/N: The names of the nightclub and bars etc are all real places, I have included them to add an air of authenticity to the background not to offend anyone I am sure those few places I have demons hanging out at are very nice places to socialise with friends without the likelihood of being eaten.
Thanks to the following people who helped me with this story: irishwavefan, Electronis Zappa. I have been trying to contact my beta Hilary for six months now (I hope she is okay!) so I am posting this story un-betad. Please note I am English, so is my spelling. Live with it.
Late breaking news Kim has stepped in to beta the rest of this story for me, thanks Kim.
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"W-what?" asked a very stunned Buffy.
"Right bad idea... forget it B," said Faith, her hand dropping to her side as she started to rise.
Buffy sat on the side of the bed, grabbing hold of the other woman, "No wait. No I don't think that... it's just... are you sure? It's a big step," the blonde asked holding onto the brunette's leg and looking up at her.
Buffy could see the tears standing in Faith's eyes, she sniffed them back, "I-I loved you the first time I saw you, but I was too much of a-a bitch to tell you... and then the whole mayor thing. T-then when I got out of the hospital... I knew that you would still not f-forgive me then I screwed it up even more," the tears started rolling down her cheeks.
"Faith..."
"No let me finish," Faith stopped her, "I-I went t-to prison cuz y-you told me i-it was the right-right thing to do," she said falling back onto her knees. "I love you B, I'd like to think we have a-a chance at something... I mean with all the other slayers... maybe we got a chance at a life."
"Faith, I love you too," Buffy told the other slayer, "The only other girl I could have seen myself with was Willow, and then we both had boyfriends and then when I could have got her, Tara beat me to our little redhead. But that's of the past. Yes Faith I'll marry you," she said pulling the dark slayer into a passionate kiss.
Faith pulled back frowning, "Y-you will?"
"I said so didn't I?" said Buffy smiling, "Now where's my engagement ring," she asked wiggling her left hand fingers.
Faith took the ring from the box and holding Buffy's hand she slipped it onto her finger. Buffy stretched out her hand admiring it; it was three different coloured gold bands woven together with a sapphire gem surrounded by diamonds. "That was what I went to buy at the jewellers in Russia, although I still knew you'd like the egg," explained Faith.
"Hmmm does this mean I have to buy you a ring as well?" asked Buffy.
"Na, anyway I though we already agreed you're the femme," smirked Faith wiping her eyes.
"Okay no ring I should get you something though, it wouldn't be right otherwise."
"If you really want to get me something I need a new axe."
"Oh yeah that'd look good, you buy me a ring and I get you an axe. No I'll get you a necklace or something like that, get Will and Tara to put a protection spell on it," mused Buffy.
"Alright, but can I still have the axe?"
Buffy laughed, "Of course you can, we'll go shopping for one tomorrow. Now get your ass back on this bed."
"Okay B," smirked Faith scrambling back onto the bed and lay on her back. Buffy straddled her face as she bent between Faith's legs beginning to lick the dark slayer's slush pussy.
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PennState campus, Dawn and Cassandra's dorm
Both girls were laughing as they entered their room, "Kelly's face when you told her your sister lives with another woman... I don't think she'll want to be around us anymore."
"Yeah we're unclean," giggled Dawn, "But I couldn't sit there and listen to her saying those things about those two girls sitting in the lounge holding hands," pointed out Dawn.
"Totally agree, if it wasn't for the whole 'don't ask, don't tell' thing I would have told her about mum and Sam," said Cassandra.
"I know Cassie," said Dawn. At that moment, their phone started ringing Dawn picked it up, "Hello, Dawn Summers."
"This is Coach Haise, I'm sorry to have to tell you that James Williams has been taken to the infirmary," said the man on the other end.
"What happened?" exclaimed Dawn, Cassandra came over worried at her friend's tone.
Dawn turned the phone so Cassandra could hear, "He was knocked unconscious at training, his room mate Frank asked me to inform you and ask that you meet him at the infirmary," explained the man.
"Is Frank okay?" asked Dawn.
"Yes he's fine, just a little worried," said the man.
"Thank you for phoning, we'll get right over, bye," said Dawn disconnecting before the man could say goodbye himself.
"Dawn, I'm sure Jimmy will be fine," said Cassandra as she followed Dawn out the door.
"I hope so, but when someone is knocked unconscious it's never good," said Dawn her eyes misting up as she broke into a run.
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"Alpha one, targets one and two are passing my position now," said the man at the top of the telephone pole.
"Confirmed Alpha six, I see them. Alpha two get into position they will be with you in less than 30 seconds."
"Alpha two moving into position."
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Dawn took no notice as a black van stopped just ahead of them. That changed when the doors opened and four men jumped out wearing ski masks and holding guns of some kind.
"Run Cassie," cried Dawn as she felt the tranquiliser dart pierce her shoulder, she turned to try and escape herself but felt another dart hit her in the back and everything went dark.
Cassandra easily avoided the first dart but being momentarily distracted as she saw Dawn fall to the pavement she felt the two darts hit her just above her heart and she found herself falling next to her friend.
As the men were beginning to load the two unconscious girls into the van there came a shout from the other side of the road, looking up Graham saw the two slayers approaching, raising his gun he fired hitting the younger one's chest and the other three men of his team hit Kennedy sending her to her knees.
"Manda get outta here, get Buffy," cried Kennedy as she felt the drugs beginning to take her strength away. With a supreme effort the elder slayer got back to her feet, seeing Manda hesitating, "Go NOW," she ordered as two more darts hit her.
Manda was conflicted, on the one hand, her slayer instincts told her to attack, but the self-preservation part of her brain told her to run. In this instant, her brain won and she ran.
"Get these three back to base, I'll get the other girl," said Graham pulling off his mask and throwing the tranquiliser rifle into the back of the van he pulled out a smaller handgun sized one, beginning to move after the quickly disappearing slayer.
"But sir that was not the plan, we have one slayer," said his second in command.
"I know slayers, if we fail to get her, she'll bring others in, now get out of here," ordered Graham, doing a quick scan of the area before following the younger slayer.
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Graham followed the young girl for several blocks, making sure not to get to close, finally satisfied that she had gotten away safely, certain she would get help he proceeded with his own plans.
Checking to make sure he had not been followed himself, he pulled a key out and unlocked the door to a rented office he had secured the previous week. Locking the door, he sat at the small desk, picked up the phone, and dialled.
"White House switchboard, how may I direct your call?" asked the person on the other end.
"The President's office please."
"One moment sir," said the operator.
"The President's office, how may I help you?" asked the President's secretary.
"I need to speak with the President, code name Rogue," Graham said.
"Putting you through now sir," replied the secretary.
The phone went quiet for a moment, "Agent, have you discovered the things I need?" came a man's voice.
"I believe so Mr President, I am sorry I was unable to contact you earlier but our friends are very paranoid as you know and I could not slip away until now. Sir the plan seems to involve one Cassandra Fraiser and a Dawn Summers the sister of a slayer called Buffy Summers..."
"I'm aware of Miss Summers," interrupted the President.
"Right sir, well by all accounts both girls have something in their blood that our friends think can destroy the Goa'uld."
"I see, what do you suggest son," asked the President.
"Sir our friends also captured a slayer, one of two I believe were here to protect Dawn Summers, the other one escaped, I'm sure she will call in help. Sir I know you can't move against our friends until you have absolute proof but Buffy Summers and her associates don't have that problem."
"Hmmm you maybe right agent, you might also like to contact you godfather's daughter, she has known Cassandra Fraiser since she came to this world. Good luck son and contact me when you can," said the President hanging up.
Graham hung up and pulled open a drawer of the desk, taking a small notebook out he flipped through it until he found the number he had not called in years. After phoning several other numbers he was given when he was told his uncle Jacob had moved, he managed to find Samantha Carter.
Sam and Janet entered their home to find the answer phone flashing, Sam pressed play, "Sam, this is Graham, Graham Miller, look I haven't got much time or I'll be missed... The NID have Cassandra Fraiser and Dawn Summers. You cannot contact me directly but you can leave a message at 814 555 4713 and I'll try and contact you if and when I can." The machine announced the end of the messages as Janet rushed back to the car and Sam scribbled down the number before following her lover, slamming the door behind her.
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Manda's head had begun to clear by the time she reached her home, her slayer healing making quick work of the sedative, she picked up the phone and dialled the office.
She was told that Buffy was not in so she phoned the senior slayers apartment.
A naked Buffy lay cuddling up to her equally naked girlfriend as they both came down from their latest orgasm, 'Orgasm buddies,' she let a little giggle escape as she thought of Xander's dead ex.
"What's so funny B," asked Faith.
Buffy looked up into her lovers eyes, "Just thinking about Anya, if she were still around, she would be calling us, 'orgasm buddies'... I miss her blunt way of talking sometimes!" she said a little sadly.
"Yeah I didn't really have time to get to know her, but I think I would have liked her," smiled Faith.
"Hmm I'm not sure Xander and me would've liked that," laughed Buffy. The phone began to ring and the blonde reached out for it.
"Let it ring B."
"You know I can't do that, it might be important," Buffy said picking it up, "Hello."
"Buffy, its Manda, Buffy someone has taken Dawn and her room mate..."
Buffy sat up in bed, "What do you mean someone took Dawn? Who took her? Where's Kennedy?"
"Kennedy got shot and I think they got her too," said Manda hurriedly.
"Kennedy's dead?" asked Buffy, getting a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"No, the men shot her with darts as we went to help Dawn and her friend. She told me to run and to tell you. Should I have stayed?" said Manda, the self doubt coming into her voice.
"Manda stop that this instant. What is the first thing you were taught when you came to us," said Buffy sternly, although she needed to find out what had happened to her sister, if Manda went to pieces it would not help them.
Faith was dressed by this time and placing her hand over the mouthpiece Buffy asked her to go and get Willow and Tara, Faith nodded and ran out the door.
"Don't die," answered Manda a little calmer.
"Right. Now tell me everything you can."
"Well we had just finished a sweep of the cemetery and Kennedy decided we should visit the local demon bar to make sure they were behaving. We spotted Dawn and her friend running on the other side of the street when a black van pulled up just in front of them and four men in masks jumped out with guns.
"Dawn was hit and I heard her tell her friend to run but they shot her with several darts before we could get to them to help, that was when Kennedy and I got shot, but I was only hit once but Kennedy got hit at least four times maybe more, I don't know... Buffy what shall I do?" Buffy could hear the tears as Manda finished.
"We'll be there in a couple of hours, just wait for us at your house; I'll phone you there if we get any problems. Just stay calm remember you are not alone," said Buffy, anything but calm herself but feeling the need to reassure the teenager, "Bye Manda," she said replacing the receiver as Faith lead Willow and Tara into the apartment.
"What happened?" asked Willow.
"Someone has kidnapped Dawn and her room mate, probably the Initiative," Buffy told the other three getting up and beginning to get dressed, "Will phone the pilot on duty and tell him we will be taking a trip..."
"Can't Buffy, remember the jet is in for maintenance," pointed out Willow.
"Damn I forgot that, okay we'll drive. Phone Amanda and Andrew let them know we are going out of town and why," said Buffy.
"What about Riley and Sam, shouldn't we contact them?"
"No not yet... can we be sure they weren't sent here to keep an eye on us?" Buffy pointed out.
"Buffy," said a shocked Willow, "Riley would never do that, he would die rather than betray you," she told her friend sternly.
Buffy blushed, ashamed, "I know Will, but I still don't want him told," she looked at the others meeting each ones eyes, "He'd probably try and stop us braking some heads," she said a steely look in her own eyes. "We have to get Dawn back, I'll go by myself if need be," she finished grabbing her coat.
"Of course we are coming," Tara spoke up.
"Too right, she is going to be my sister-in-law," put in Faith getting curious look from the two Witches, "I asked Buffy to marry me tonight," she explained.
Willow and Tara both hugged Faith but when they went to do the same to Buffy, she stopped them, "Guys later okay, after we get Dawn back."
"Right Buffy let's go," nodded Willow.
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Giles took a seat in Wesley's office, "I think Joanne and Loretta should fit in quite well here, both know the area and have several contacts," he said taking the teacup from the other man.
"I think you're right Mr Giles and they will be of great help with our mission," said Wesley taking his seat.
"Wesley, why don't you call me Rupert, after all you are hardly the rash young watcher that came to Sunnydale," smiled Giles.
Wesley smiled at the memory, "Yes I was rather arrogant wasn't I, very well, Rupert it is." nodded the younger man, "By the way thank you for the money, we used most of it to convert the small ballroom on the top floor into a gym, Helena and Gunn spend most of their spare time up there."
"Gunn seems a fine young man, do you think he would be interested in training as a watcher," said Giles.
"I had been contemplating the same thing, but of course it would mean his attending some classes..."
"Oh yeah," laughed Cordelia entering the office with some files, "Gunn wearing tweed, that would really destroy any street cred he still has."
"Cordelia, all watchers do not wear tweed," sighed Wesley, this being an old argument.
"Well he does," Cordelia nodded to Giles who was wearing a tweed jacket, she turned back to Wesley, "And why aren't you?"
"Well as I said we don't all wear tweed and also I am no longer a watcher, just helping out our friends," Wesley pointed out.
"Well you have a slayer and two potentials so in my eyes that makes you a watc..." Cordelia dropped the files and grabbed her head.
Wesley rushed around the desk in an effort to get to her before she hit the floor but Giles was there first guiding the young woman into his chair.
-Vision-
Dawn and another girl strapped to gurneys, their blood being drawn off into blood-bank bags.
Men and women in white coats working on some kind of device, men in military clothes standing guard.
A huge spaceship orbiting the Earth.
A missile being fired at it from some kind of fighter-spaceship and it exploding.
The huge spaceship being consumed in green energy and being ripped apart.
An Air Force Colonel patting a man in a lab coat on the back, before his face changes to horror as the ball of green energy did not fade but began to expand.
More smaller balls of green energy appearing and beginning to expand, strange creatures leaving the growing energy balls.
Monsters and demons fighting each other as well as humans.
A blonde woman, a greying man and a tall dark man with a strange tattoo on his forehead holding off various creatures while a woman in a lab coat attended to an injured man with glasses.
Buffy, Faith, Willow and Tara fighting a fire-breathing dragon, as Angel, Spike and Gunn battle other creatures to reach them.
Cities and forests being consumed in fire the world over.
-End vision-
"Cordelia what did you see?" asked a concerned Wesley as he held a glass of water out to her.
"Oh god the pain," said Cordelia holding her head, "I'm not supposed to get headaches anymore," she gulped down half the glass of water. "Someone has kidnapped Dawn, I saw her laying on a gurney with another girl, drawing off their blood, the military are planning on using their blood in a bomb to destroy a spaceship..."
"A spaceship?" interrupted Wesley frowning.
"That's what I saw," Cordelia could not remember the pain being this bad before she became half-demon, "Can you get me a couple of my old painkillers Wes, I still have some in my desk draw."
"Of course," Wesley said rushing out the door and returning a moment later with a pill bottle, shaking two pills out he handed them to the woman, who popped them into her mouth and finished the rest of the water. "Now what about this spaceship?" he asked.
"It was huge, it must have been miles across, this other ship, much smaller fired a missile at it, the big spaceship was consumed in green energy but it didn't stop, the energy continued to grow. More balls of energy appeared all over the world, monsters and demons were pouring out of them killing and burning everything... yuk I can smell the burning flesh, why do the PTB hafta do that."
"Can we focus Cordelia," asked Giles beginning to fear for Dawn and the world in general if what Cordelia was describing involved the Key.
"That's all right for you to say your head doesn't feel like it's got an axe embedded in it," groaned the brunette.
"Sorry Cordelia, but if what you are describing happens your head will be the least of your worries," said Giles.
"Okay well other than the general destruction of the world the only other things that stood out were some military types fighting off some demons while a woman, probably a doctor, attended to a man with glasses, and Buffy, Faith, Willow and Tara fighting a dragon, a fire breathing dragon, and Angel, Spike and Gunn fighting to get to them."
"I better phone Buffy, she is closer than us, maybe they can forestall this from happening," said Giles pulling out a cell phone.
"Dawn has already been captured, I got the impression that the five military people I saw can help in someway!" Cordelia explained.
"Very well," said Giles walking out into the lobby. He returned about ten minutes later worry on his face, "It seems Buffy already knows Dawn has been kidnapped, Manda the young slayer Buffy sent to help Kennedy managed to escape the attack but Kennedy was also taken. Anyway it seems Buffy, Faith, Willow and Tara are already on there way to the college," he removed his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, "I dread to think what those four will do if they find the culprits, I need to get back," he said replacing his glasses.
"We'll be coming too," said Angel walking in with Spike.
"That isn't necessary," Giles said.
"Course it is, if nibblet's in trouble I'm going," said Spike.
"Cordelia is my connection to the powers, if I was not meant to go she would not have been sent a vision, besides with a slayer and two potentials to help, Wesley and the others can hold down anything here," pointed out Angel.
"I'm coming too," said Cordelia looking up, "I'm the only one that knows what the military guys look like," she said.
"Very well I'll charter an aircraft, hopefully we can get there before Buffy and the others do something rash," said Giles.
"But Tara is there, she'll keep things together till we get there," said Spike.
"You're forgetting Tara thinks of Dawn almost like a daughter, it was she who really raised Dawn those five months Buffy was dead, and there is nothing more dangerous than a mother protecting her young," pointed out Giles.
"Oh bugger," exclaimed Spike.
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SGC Conference room
Sam and Janet walked through the door to find the rest of SG-1 and the General waiting for them, taking their seats the meeting got underway.
"Right people what do we know?" asked the General.
"We tried contacting Cassie; all we got was the answering machine. So we contacted the professors Sam knows and they were kind enough to have someone check, Cassie and Dawn's room was empty, the two had gone to their room then moments later rushed out again, that was the last anyone saw them," explained Janet, they could all hear the worry in her voice.
Sam placed a hand on her lover's shoulder, fighting the urge to pull her into a hug, she let her hand fall and turned back to General Hammond, "I checked the number Graham gave us, it is an unlisted number for a small detective agency?" she said.
"Don't you think that's a little strange, an unlisted number for a detective, he can't get many clients!" pointed out Daniel.
"Graham isn't a detective, at least he wasn't the last time I saw him, he is Army Special Forces," Sam told them.
"What do we know about this Graham Miller?" asked Hammond.
"Well he's my dad's godson; his dad was in my dad's unit in Vietnam. He's a good man, his service record is impeccable but there are several gaps the first five years ago then again a month ago, whatever he is doing is classified Alpha Blue One," Sam explained.
"Alpha Blue One!" frowned Daniel.
"It means that only the Joint Chiefs and the President have access to whatever he is doing, he could get into serious trouble if it is found out that he contacted us without clearance," Sam said.
"I don't like it," put in O'Neill, "This Graham Miller suddenly appears and informs you that the NID have taken Cassie and this Dawn Summers, he must be working with the NID how else would he know about it?"
"I trust Graham sir," said Sam.
Jack looked at his teammate, understanding what she wanted him to do; he gave her a slight nod before turning to the General, "Sir permission to go and find Cassie."
"Permission granted, take your team and Doctor Fraiser and find her, but be careful just in case you run into Ms Summers or Ms Rosenberg," said General Hammond.
"Yes sir," said Jack rising and leading SG-1 and Janet out the door.
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Joe Swift, Steven Alexander and Walter Arnold had never met but their lives and deaths were fated to intersect with the slayers and witches on their desperate dash to get to State College to find the Key.
Joe Swift had been driving for almost 14 hours without a break, in a desperate attempt to save his livelihood; he owed nearly $15,000 dollars to a loan company who were threatening to take his truck. That was why he had signed such a stupid contract to get a container of electronic equipment to New York before 6 AM tomorrow, "Why the hell did I sign that damn contract!" he said to his dog that lay curled up on the passenger's seat.
Steven Alexander had just got the promotion he had been after for over a year, that was why he had been out celebrating with some buddies after work, he had lost track of the time and now his wife was going to kill him!
I-80 was busier than normal as fans left several sporting events, traffic began to slow, Steven began to weaving between other vehicles, several times almost hitting them, he normally got away with it but this time he was a little drunk and with the added worry of his wife made him more rash than normal. Attempting to jump two lanes by cutting in front of Joe Swift's truck, his rear bumper hit the edge of the truck and spun around, Joe tried to swerve into the next lane but Steven's car was caught under the front and the lorry jack-knifed. The last thing Joe heard was his dog's cry, the truck turned over throwing electrical equipment all over the eastbound carriageway. It was five hours before emergency services could reopen I-80 and begin to allow the built up traffic through.
All Buffy and her friends could do was rant about dumb car drivers and stupid aircraft maintenance.
After five hours, they managed to reach Philipsburg but then Walter Arnold made an appearance, deciding that jumping a red light, with a police car parked close by, was a good idea, then he compounded the situation by failing to stop. The chase ended abruptly when Walter jumped another light and hit a truck closing 322 for almost an hour.
So the trip that would have only taken a couple of hours in the jet had taken them almost seven hours, Buffy and Faith by this time wanted to kill something, preferably the jerks that had delayed their trip.
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The four women pulled up outside Kennedy's house, they all climbed out and went up to the front door, before they could knock Manda opened it and they all filed in, "Senor Finn phoned about an hour ago when he could not get hold of you," she told them closing the door.
"Oh we must have forgotten to switch on our phones," Buffy said with a perfectly straight face, Faith and Willow smirking at her.
"He knew you would come here, he said to tell you he has talked to some people and they told him the Initiative did not take Dawn or her friend," Manda told them.
"Although I trust Riley I'll wait and see if the Initiative is behind this!" said Buffy, "Right grab your coat, we're going to Dawn's dorm room."
"But Senor Finn said to wait here for Giles," said Manda worried.
"No, the longer we wait the colder the trail," said Buffy, she looked at Willow, "You sure you can cast a tracing spell to follow them?"
"It shouldn't be a problem as long as she's still within the State it will work," Willow reassured her best friend, "Maybe a little further if Tara and I link our power."
"Right let's go," said Buffy opening the door.
A little while later they were pulling up outside Dawn's dorm building.
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"There's nothing here to help us find Cassie," said Daniel searching her desk.
"Thank you coach, sorry to have disturbed you so late," said Jack hanging up the phone. He looked at the rest of his team, "The last number to call was supposedly from coach Haise, but he says he has never phoned here and has never heard of either Cassie or Dawn Summers."
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Buffy and Manda led the way to Dawn's dorm room, as they drew closer Buffy spotted the light coming from under the door, she stopped and grabbed hold of Manda's arm, "Someone's in Dawn's room!" she whispered.
"Maybe they escaped," suggested Tara, with very little conviction.
"I doubt it and anyway if they did we would sense Kennedy and the only slayers around are Faith, Manda and me."
"Maybe it's some of the guys that took Dawn," pointed out Willow.
"I so hope your right Red," smirked Faith, an evil glint in her eyes.
"Okay Faith and me will go in first, Manda get ready to back us up if we need it, Will, Tara ready any spells that could help," said Buffy moving towards the door.
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Spike had gotten to the driver's seat of the hire car before the others could stop him and refused to yield the place to anyone, in the end, having very little time Giles and the others got in the car, "You're so immature sometimes," growled Angel as he sat next to the other vampire.
"Yeah and you drive like a girl," retorted Spike.
"Hey," cried Cordelia from the back, "I'll have you know I'm a better driver than either of you," she said.
"Are not," said Spike.
"Am too."
"Are not."
Giles began to think he should have just come on his own.
"Ah actually she's right, I remember Dru telling me once you were stopped by the highway patrol for bad driving then had to eat him after you ran over his foot," added Angel.
"The reason I was driving so erratically was that Dru was trying to give me a blow job and it was her that had the cop not me," retorted Spike.
"Can I just say eew," said Cordelia.
"So how do we get to Dawn's dorm?" asked Spike.
"We are meeting the others at Kennedy's," Giles reminded him.
"The slayer won't be there. You're supposed to be her bloody watcher and you still don't know how she thinks? She's going to head straight to the school and tear it apart until she finds nibblet and the others are going to be by her side helping. If we don't get there to stop them Penn State will just be a smudge on the map," Spike pointed out.
"I really hate to agree with him but he's right Rupert," added Angel.
Giles sighed, "I'm sorry to say it but I think you're both right."
"So directions!" asked Spike.
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"Right let's go," said Jack walking towards the door.
Suddenly chaos erupted, first the lights went out and the door swung open then Jack found himself flying into the wall the other side of Cassandra's bed when someone kicked him in the chest. As he slid down the wall, he heard both Daniel and Sam cry out in pain and saw Teal'c fire his Zat hitting someone who did not go down like they should.
Daniel cried out in pain as he felt his wrist crushed by someone that could not be human, dropping the gun he had been drawing.
Sam had instinctively stepped in front of Janet when the door opened, not having time to draw her gun, she began fighting blindly trying to get a blow in on the person she was fighting. However she tried they blocked and counter struck her and there seemed nothing she could do to stop them, the last thing she knew was the person back fisting her across the jaw then darkness.
Willow and Tara entered the room a few seconds after the three slayers and the lights come back on, they could see the body of a semi-conscious grey haired man on the other side of the beds. Faith had hold of one man's wrist, the pain on his face telling them it was broken, a short woman was kneeling next to an unconscious tall blonde woman checking her vital signs and pointedly ignoring Buffy standing over them.
Manda was exchanging blows with a very tall dark 'man' that both witches could sense was not completely human.
Willow waved her hand in front of her, "Thicken," she said, watching as the 'man' tried to hit Manda but his fist hit a barrier.
The other four looked on in surprise as Tara stepped forward and gesturing with her hand lifted the semi-conscious O'Neill into the air, "I sense you are in charge, where is Dawn?" she asked in a voice that sent a shiver down the spine of all the conscious members of the SGC.
Willow had never seen Tara like this, it reminded her of how she felt when she had thought that her lover had been killed, "Tara remember the Rede, please put him down," she said worriedly.
The look Tara gave her shocked her more than when she saw her lift the grey haired man off the floor. There was absolutely no anger or malice there, she was acting, she gave Willow a little smile before turning back to O'Neill, "I asked you a question," she said, her voice sounding like thunder in all the members of SGC's heads.
"You're not human," said the man on his knees holding his wrist, he looked down at the nearby gun.
"I'll rip your arm off before you got half way," said the dark haired woman hovering over him.
"We are quite human, which is more than I can say about your big friend there," said Buffy looking at Teal'c.
"I know you," said Janet looking up after making sure Sam was going to be all right, "You're Buffy, Dawn's sister," she looked at Daniel holding his wrist, starting to rise and head for her injured colleague, Buffy stepped in front of her, "I want to see to my friend's wrist."
Buffy stepped aside; she walked over to Teal'c looking up at him, "What are you, you don't feel quite human!"
"I am Jaffa," said Teal'c.
"Is that your name or your species?" asked Buffy.
"My species, my name is Teal'c."
"You fight well," acknowledged Buffy, "Maybe we could spar some time."
"As do you Buffy Summers of the Tau'ri," said Teal'c inclining his head.
"Tau'ri?" frowned Manda.
"That is you race's name among the System Lords I once served."
"So you are from outer space," said Buffy her tone a statement rather than a question.
"I am."
"Teal'c," groaned O'Neill, still suspended in midair. "Tell her nothing."
"You are hardly in a position to order him around Colonel," said Buffy giving him an amused look.
"When I get down from here I'll show you who's in a position to give orders," growled Jack.
Suddenly there was the sound of running outside, Buffy turned taking a defensive stance, she relaxed, as did the others when she saw Giles and Cordelia entered while Angel and Spike stayed just outside the door.
"I see you've met the other good guys Buffy," sighed Cordelia, "These are the five military people from my vision," she clarified when Giles looked at her.
Giles looked back at Buffy, she could see the disappointment in his eyes, something she rarely saw these days, "How were we supposed to know, we get to Dawn's room and find military types already here," she said trying to justify her actions.
"And of course it never occurred to you to take my numerous calls to yours and the others' cell phones or to wait at Kennedy's until we arrived," Giles said.
Buffy heard Colonel O'Neill chuckling behind her, she turned to stare daggers at him before turning back to her watcher, "Sorry," she said just above a whisper.
"Right then... well I think we should move this meeting back to Kennedy's home it's rather crowded in here. Willow, Tara if you please!" said Giles looking at O'Neill and the barrier.
"Oh sorry Giles," said Willow as she and Tara waved their hands, the barrier vanished and O'Neill found himself standing on his own two feet.
"The only place Daniel is going to is a hospital," announced Janet, she looked at Faith, "How in hell did you crush his wrist?" she asked.
"That won't be necessary," smiled Buffy, "Will."
"Right Buff," said Willow walking over to the injured man and gently wrapped both hands around his wrist, Janet gasped as she saw a slight glow, Daniel's eyes widened in wonder as the pain slowly vanished.
As Willow began to release him he grabbed her hands and turned them over frowning, "You don't have a healing device?" he said.
"Devices are not necessary, all healing comes from within," smiled Willow rising.
"What makes you think we are going anywhere with you other than the police to have you arrested?" growled O'Neill.
"You could try that but I wouldn't recommend it," said Buffy a deceptively sweet smile on her face.
"Jack," said Daniel as Giles said, "Buffy."
Both Buffy and Jack turned to their respective friends, "What," they said at the same time.
"Fighting will get us nowhere Buffy, it seems we are meant to work together on this," Giles pointed out to his slayer then turning to O'Neill, "We are both after the same thing, you want to get Cassandra back as much as we want Dawn. Now don't you think it would be easier together than wasting time fighting?"
"He's right Jack, the longer we waste the more time the NID have to do whatever it is they want with Cassie and Dawn Summers," said Daniel.
"I already know what they're planning and it won't be pleasant for the rest of us," said Cordelia from the doorway.
"How," asked Teal'c.
"It seems we both have information that can help the other, don't you think it would be adventitious to work together," said Daniel looking at Jack again.
"Okay we'll work together but I want in made quite clear before we go any further that we are in charge," said O'Neill.
"This is our territory there aren't any aliens involved, except your friend there," said Buffy nodding towards Teal'c, "As head of the council this comes under my jurisdiction," she told O'Neill.
"What council and this is our territory, it involves a rogue government agency," countered O'Neill, he was really beginning to hate this girl.
"The last time the military got involved with my business it nearly cost everyone their lives," growled Buffy clenching and unclenching her fist, she was really beginning to hate this guy.
Giles sighed at Buffy and turned to Daniel who seemed like someone who could be more reasonable, "Might I suggest a joint operation and a joint leadership?" he said, feeling that here was someone he could work with.
Daniel glanced at Jack and Buffy, before looking back at the older man, "Yes I believe that would be best," he said, he got the impression that he could work well with this man. "Jack let's go," he said beginning to follow Giles and his group out the door. He stopped remembering the unconscious Sam, "What about Sam?"
"I'll carry her," offered Faith beginning to move towards the prone woman.
"No," said Jack stepping around Buffy and in front of Faith, "Teal'c will carry her."
Faith just shrugged her shoulders and headed for the door, "Com' on B," she said.
"But the tracing spell?" Willow reminded them.
"Not necessary Willow," Cordelia said, "They are nowhere near here," she explained as she followed Angel and Spike.
Buffy turned and almost ran after Cordelia, "What do you mean, they aren't close?"
Students looked on curiously as the large group left Dawn and Cassandra's room, having heard the fighting.
Having no other choice Jack reluctantly followed, closing the door behind him.
A/N: Okay hands up all those who thought Graham Miller was a bad guy before finishing this chapter!
You might want to investigate posting this at the Twisting the Hellmouth site, they allow NC17 fics. I'm enjoying it and would like to read all of it.
I already post on a number of Buffy Yahoo groups and have no wish to expand (I am a Lurker on Twisting).
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From: JoeHundredaire ?userid=237207)
Other than the horrible formatting near the top... there are several awkward run-on sentences... you have at least one homonym issue (addition/edition) that I saw off the top of my scan, a number of misspellings and awkward phrasings... it's a good premise, but the story itself needs work.
Hmmm but not very enlightening, I forgot 's annoying formatting when I posted the first few parts as I point out at the beginning the first parts of this story went out unbetad. As for spelling mistakes appearing on your computer word processor I assume you have it set for UK English spelling! That way I suspect the misspellings will more than likely disappear?
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From: c-wolf ?userid=411819)
blinks no offense, but while I might tolerate the existence of slash, NC- 17 is too disturbing. I actually like it this way.
Fair enough.
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From: JoeHundredaire ?userid=237207)
I thought maybe you might have found a beta between chapters one and four, but alas, this sucks just as bad as the first part when it comes to your actual English.
May I suggest you do what I do with stories I cannot stand. DO NOT CONTINUE TO READ THEM.
Blessings
Dave
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Title: Of Gates and Mouths 5/? Author: David A. Knapton
E-mail:
Archive: If anyone wishes to go ahead, but it would be polite to at least drop me a line.
Rating: 15/R this part
Pairings: Willow/Tara Buffy/Faith Amanda/Andrew Janet/Sam
Crossover: BtVS/Angel and Stargate.
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters in any of the shows. If I did, boy would I have some fun?
Spoilers: See part 1.
Notes: See part 1.
Summery: See part 1.
After graduating from High school Dawn was accepted to PennState, where she meets her new roommate Cassandra.
A/N: The names of the nightclub and bars etc are all real places, I have included them to add an air of authenticity to the background not to offend anyone I am sure those few places I have demons hanging out at are very nice places to socialise with friends without the likelihood of being eaten.
Thanks to the following people who helped me with this story: irishwavefan, Electronis Zappa. I have been trying to contact my beta Hilary for six months now (I hope she is okay!) so I am posting this story un-betad. Please note I am English, so is my spelling. Live with it.
Late breaking news Kim has stepped in to beta the rest of this story for me, thanks Kim.
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"W-what?" asked a very stunned Buffy.
"Right bad idea... forget it B," said Faith, her hand dropping to her side as she started to rise.
Buffy sat on the side of the bed, grabbing hold of the other woman, "No wait. No I don't think that... it's just... are you sure? It's a big step," the blonde asked holding onto the brunette's leg and looking up at her.
Buffy could see the tears standing in Faith's eyes, she sniffed them back, "I-I loved you the first time I saw you, but I was too much of a-a bitch to tell you... and then the whole mayor thing. T-then when I got out of the hospital... I knew that you would still not f-forgive me then I screwed it up even more," the tears started rolling down her cheeks.
"Faith..."
"No let me finish," Faith stopped her, "I-I went t-to prison cuz y-you told me i-it was the right-right thing to do," she said falling back onto her knees. "I love you B, I'd like to think we have a-a chance at something... I mean with all the other slayers... maybe we got a chance at a life."
"Faith, I love you too," Buffy told the other slayer, "The only other girl I could have seen myself with was Willow, and then we both had boyfriends and then when I could have got her, Tara beat me to our little redhead. But that's of the past. Yes Faith I'll marry you," she said pulling the dark slayer into a passionate kiss.
Faith pulled back frowning, "Y-you will?"
"I said so didn't I?" said Buffy smiling, "Now where's my engagement ring," she asked wiggling her left hand fingers.
Faith took the ring from the box and holding Buffy's hand she slipped it onto her finger. Buffy stretched out her hand admiring it; it was three different coloured gold bands woven together with a sapphire gem surrounded by diamonds. "That was what I went to buy at the jewellers in Russia, although I still knew you'd like the egg," explained Faith.
"Hmmm does this mean I have to buy you a ring as well?" asked Buffy.
"Na, anyway I though we already agreed you're the femme," smirked Faith wiping her eyes.
"Okay no ring I should get you something though, it wouldn't be right otherwise."
"If you really want to get me something I need a new axe."
"Oh yeah that'd look good, you buy me a ring and I get you an axe. No I'll get you a necklace or something like that, get Will and Tara to put a protection spell on it," mused Buffy.
"Alright, but can I still have the axe?"
Buffy laughed, "Of course you can, we'll go shopping for one tomorrow. Now get your ass back on this bed."
"Okay B," smirked Faith scrambling back onto the bed and lay on her back. Buffy straddled her face as she bent between Faith's legs beginning to lick the dark slayer's slush pussy.
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PennState campus, Dawn and Cassandra's dorm
Both girls were laughing as they entered their room, "Kelly's face when you told her your sister lives with another woman... I don't think she'll want to be around us anymore."
"Yeah we're unclean," giggled Dawn, "But I couldn't sit there and listen to her saying those things about those two girls sitting in the lounge holding hands," pointed out Dawn.
"Totally agree, if it wasn't for the whole 'don't ask, don't tell' thing I would have told her about mum and Sam," said Cassandra.
"I know Cassie," said Dawn. At that moment, their phone started ringing Dawn picked it up, "Hello, Dawn Summers."
"This is Coach Haise, I'm sorry to have to tell you that James Williams has been taken to the infirmary," said the man on the other end.
"What happened?" exclaimed Dawn, Cassandra came over worried at her friend's tone.
Dawn turned the phone so Cassandra could hear, "He was knocked unconscious at training, his room mate Frank asked me to inform you and ask that you meet him at the infirmary," explained the man.
"Is Frank okay?" asked Dawn.
"Yes he's fine, just a little worried," said the man.
"Thank you for phoning, we'll get right over, bye," said Dawn disconnecting before the man could say goodbye himself.
"Dawn, I'm sure Jimmy will be fine," said Cassandra as she followed Dawn out the door.
"I hope so, but when someone is knocked unconscious it's never good," said Dawn her eyes misting up as she broke into a run.
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"Alpha one, targets one and two are passing my position now," said the man at the top of the telephone pole.
"Confirmed Alpha six, I see them. Alpha two get into position they will be with you in less than 30 seconds."
"Alpha two moving into position."
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Dawn took no notice as a black van stopped just ahead of them. That changed when the doors opened and four men jumped out wearing ski masks and holding guns of some kind.
"Run Cassie," cried Dawn as she felt the tranquiliser dart pierce her shoulder, she turned to try and escape herself but felt another dart hit her in the back and everything went dark.
Cassandra easily avoided the first dart but being momentarily distracted as she saw Dawn fall to the pavement she felt the two darts hit her just above her heart and she found herself falling next to her friend.
As the men were beginning to load the two unconscious girls into the van there came a shout from the other side of the road, looking up Graham saw the two slayers approaching, raising his gun he fired hitting the younger one's chest and the other three men of his team hit Kennedy sending her to her knees.
"Manda get outta here, get Buffy," cried Kennedy as she felt the drugs beginning to take her strength away. With a supreme effort the elder slayer got back to her feet, seeing Manda hesitating, "Go NOW," she ordered as two more darts hit her.
Manda was conflicted, on the one hand, her slayer instincts told her to attack, but the self-preservation part of her brain told her to run. In this instant, her brain won and she ran.
"Get these three back to base, I'll get the other girl," said Graham pulling off his mask and throwing the tranquiliser rifle into the back of the van he pulled out a smaller handgun sized one, beginning to move after the quickly disappearing slayer.
"But sir that was not the plan, we have one slayer," said his second in command.
"I know slayers, if we fail to get her, she'll bring others in, now get out of here," ordered Graham, doing a quick scan of the area before following the younger slayer.
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Graham followed the young girl for several blocks, making sure not to get to close, finally satisfied that she had gotten away safely, certain she would get help he proceeded with his own plans.
Checking to make sure he had not been followed himself, he pulled a key out and unlocked the door to a rented office he had secured the previous week. Locking the door, he sat at the small desk, picked up the phone, and dialled.
"White House switchboard, how may I direct your call?" asked the person on the other end.
"The President's office please."
"One moment sir," said the operator.
"The President's office, how may I help you?" asked the President's secretary.
"I need to speak with the President, code name Rogue," Graham said.
"Putting you through now sir," replied the secretary.
The phone went quiet for a moment, "Agent, have you discovered the things I need?" came a man's voice.
"I believe so Mr President, I am sorry I was unable to contact you earlier but our friends are very paranoid as you know and I could not slip away until now. Sir the plan seems to involve one Cassandra Fraiser and a Dawn Summers the sister of a slayer called Buffy Summers..."
"I'm aware of Miss Summers," interrupted the President.
"Right sir, well by all accounts both girls have something in their blood that our friends think can destroy the Goa'uld."
"I see, what do you suggest son," asked the President.
"Sir our friends also captured a slayer, one of two I believe were here to protect Dawn Summers, the other one escaped, I'm sure she will call in help. Sir I know you can't move against our friends until you have absolute proof but Buffy Summers and her associates don't have that problem."
"Hmmm you maybe right agent, you might also like to contact you godfather's daughter, she has known Cassandra Fraiser since she came to this world. Good luck son and contact me when you can," said the President hanging up.
Graham hung up and pulled open a drawer of the desk, taking a small notebook out he flipped through it until he found the number he had not called in years. After phoning several other numbers he was given when he was told his uncle Jacob had moved, he managed to find Samantha Carter.
Sam and Janet entered their home to find the answer phone flashing, Sam pressed play, "Sam, this is Graham, Graham Miller, look I haven't got much time or I'll be missed... The NID have Cassandra Fraiser and Dawn Summers. You cannot contact me directly but you can leave a message at 814 555 4713 and I'll try and contact you if and when I can." The machine announced the end of the messages as Janet rushed back to the car and Sam scribbled down the number before following her lover, slamming the door behind her.
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Manda's head had begun to clear by the time she reached her home, her slayer healing making quick work of the sedative, she picked up the phone and dialled the office.
She was told that Buffy was not in so she phoned the senior slayers apartment.
A naked Buffy lay cuddling up to her equally naked girlfriend as they both came down from their latest orgasm, 'Orgasm buddies,' she let a little giggle escape as she thought of Xander's dead ex.
"What's so funny B," asked Faith.
Buffy looked up into her lovers eyes, "Just thinking about Anya, if she were still around, she would be calling us, 'orgasm buddies'... I miss her blunt way of talking sometimes!" she said a little sadly.
"Yeah I didn't really have time to get to know her, but I think I would have liked her," smiled Faith.
"Hmm I'm not sure Xander and me would've liked that," laughed Buffy. The phone began to ring and the blonde reached out for it.
"Let it ring B."
"You know I can't do that, it might be important," Buffy said picking it up, "Hello."
"Buffy, its Manda, Buffy someone has taken Dawn and her room mate..."
Buffy sat up in bed, "What do you mean someone took Dawn? Who took her? Where's Kennedy?"
"Kennedy got shot and I think they got her too," said Manda hurriedly.
"Kennedy's dead?" asked Buffy, getting a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"No, the men shot her with darts as we went to help Dawn and her friend. She told me to run and to tell you. Should I have stayed?" said Manda, the self doubt coming into her voice.
"Manda stop that this instant. What is the first thing you were taught when you came to us," said Buffy sternly, although she needed to find out what had happened to her sister, if Manda went to pieces it would not help them.
Faith was dressed by this time and placing her hand over the mouthpiece Buffy asked her to go and get Willow and Tara, Faith nodded and ran out the door.
"Don't die," answered Manda a little calmer.
"Right. Now tell me everything you can."
"Well we had just finished a sweep of the cemetery and Kennedy decided we should visit the local demon bar to make sure they were behaving. We spotted Dawn and her friend running on the other side of the street when a black van pulled up just in front of them and four men in masks jumped out with guns.
"Dawn was hit and I heard her tell her friend to run but they shot her with several darts before we could get to them to help, that was when Kennedy and I got shot, but I was only hit once but Kennedy got hit at least four times maybe more, I don't know... Buffy what shall I do?" Buffy could hear the tears as Manda finished.
"We'll be there in a couple of hours, just wait for us at your house; I'll phone you there if we get any problems. Just stay calm remember you are not alone," said Buffy, anything but calm herself but feeling the need to reassure the teenager, "Bye Manda," she said replacing the receiver as Faith lead Willow and Tara into the apartment.
"What happened?" asked Willow.
"Someone has kidnapped Dawn and her room mate, probably the Initiative," Buffy told the other three getting up and beginning to get dressed, "Will phone the pilot on duty and tell him we will be taking a trip..."
"Can't Buffy, remember the jet is in for maintenance," pointed out Willow.
"Damn I forgot that, okay we'll drive. Phone Amanda and Andrew let them know we are going out of town and why," said Buffy.
"What about Riley and Sam, shouldn't we contact them?"
"No not yet... can we be sure they weren't sent here to keep an eye on us?" Buffy pointed out.
"Buffy," said a shocked Willow, "Riley would never do that, he would die rather than betray you," she told her friend sternly.
Buffy blushed, ashamed, "I know Will, but I still don't want him told," she looked at the others meeting each ones eyes, "He'd probably try and stop us braking some heads," she said a steely look in her own eyes. "We have to get Dawn back, I'll go by myself if need be," she finished grabbing her coat.
"Of course we are coming," Tara spoke up.
"Too right, she is going to be my sister-in-law," put in Faith getting curious look from the two Witches, "I asked Buffy to marry me tonight," she explained.
Willow and Tara both hugged Faith but when they went to do the same to Buffy, she stopped them, "Guys later okay, after we get Dawn back."
"Right Buffy let's go," nodded Willow.
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Giles took a seat in Wesley's office, "I think Joanne and Loretta should fit in quite well here, both know the area and have several contacts," he said taking the teacup from the other man.
"I think you're right Mr Giles and they will be of great help with our mission," said Wesley taking his seat.
"Wesley, why don't you call me Rupert, after all you are hardly the rash young watcher that came to Sunnydale," smiled Giles.
Wesley smiled at the memory, "Yes I was rather arrogant wasn't I, very well, Rupert it is." nodded the younger man, "By the way thank you for the money, we used most of it to convert the small ballroom on the top floor into a gym, Helena and Gunn spend most of their spare time up there."
"Gunn seems a fine young man, do you think he would be interested in training as a watcher," said Giles.
"I had been contemplating the same thing, but of course it would mean his attending some classes..."
"Oh yeah," laughed Cordelia entering the office with some files, "Gunn wearing tweed, that would really destroy any street cred he still has."
"Cordelia, all watchers do not wear tweed," sighed Wesley, this being an old argument.
"Well he does," Cordelia nodded to Giles who was wearing a tweed jacket, she turned back to Wesley, "And why aren't you?"
"Well as I said we don't all wear tweed and also I am no longer a watcher, just helping out our friends," Wesley pointed out.
"Well you have a slayer and two potentials so in my eyes that makes you a watc..." Cordelia dropped the files and grabbed her head.
Wesley rushed around the desk in an effort to get to her before she hit the floor but Giles was there first guiding the young woman into his chair.
-Vision-
Dawn and another girl strapped to gurneys, their blood being drawn off into blood-bank bags.
Men and women in white coats working on some kind of device, men in military clothes standing guard.
A huge spaceship orbiting the Earth.
A missile being fired at it from some kind of fighter-spaceship and it exploding.
The huge spaceship being consumed in green energy and being ripped apart.
An Air Force Colonel patting a man in a lab coat on the back, before his face changes to horror as the ball of green energy did not fade but began to expand.
More smaller balls of green energy appearing and beginning to expand, strange creatures leaving the growing energy balls.
Monsters and demons fighting each other as well as humans.
A blonde woman, a greying man and a tall dark man with a strange tattoo on his forehead holding off various creatures while a woman in a lab coat attended to an injured man with glasses.
Buffy, Faith, Willow and Tara fighting a fire-breathing dragon, as Angel, Spike and Gunn battle other creatures to reach them.
Cities and forests being consumed in fire the world over.
-End vision-
"Cordelia what did you see?" asked a concerned Wesley as he held a glass of water out to her.
"Oh god the pain," said Cordelia holding her head, "I'm not supposed to get headaches anymore," she gulped down half the glass of water. "Someone has kidnapped Dawn, I saw her laying on a gurney with another girl, drawing off their blood, the military are planning on using their blood in a bomb to destroy a spaceship..."
"A spaceship?" interrupted Wesley frowning.
"That's what I saw," Cordelia could not remember the pain being this bad before she became half-demon, "Can you get me a couple of my old painkillers Wes, I still have some in my desk draw."
"Of course," Wesley said rushing out the door and returning a moment later with a pill bottle, shaking two pills out he handed them to the woman, who popped them into her mouth and finished the rest of the water. "Now what about this spaceship?" he asked.
"It was huge, it must have been miles across, this other ship, much smaller fired a missile at it, the big spaceship was consumed in green energy but it didn't stop, the energy continued to grow. More balls of energy appeared all over the world, monsters and demons were pouring out of them killing and burning everything... yuk I can smell the burning flesh, why do the PTB hafta do that."
"Can we focus Cordelia," asked Giles beginning to fear for Dawn and the world in general if what Cordelia was describing involved the Key.
"That's all right for you to say your head doesn't feel like it's got an axe embedded in it," groaned the brunette.
"Sorry Cordelia, but if what you are describing happens your head will be the least of your worries," said Giles.
"Okay well other than the general destruction of the world the only other things that stood out were some military types fighting off some demons while a woman, probably a doctor, attended to a man with glasses, and Buffy, Faith, Willow and Tara fighting a dragon, a fire breathing dragon, and Angel, Spike and Gunn fighting to get to them."
"I better phone Buffy, she is closer than us, maybe they can forestall this from happening," said Giles pulling out a cell phone.
"Dawn has already been captured, I got the impression that the five military people I saw can help in someway!" Cordelia explained.
"Very well," said Giles walking out into the lobby. He returned about ten minutes later worry on his face, "It seems Buffy already knows Dawn has been kidnapped, Manda the young slayer Buffy sent to help Kennedy managed to escape the attack but Kennedy was also taken. Anyway it seems Buffy, Faith, Willow and Tara are already on there way to the college," he removed his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose, "I dread to think what those four will do if they find the culprits, I need to get back," he said replacing his glasses.
"We'll be coming too," said Angel walking in with Spike.
"That isn't necessary," Giles said.
"Course it is, if nibblet's in trouble I'm going," said Spike.
"Cordelia is my connection to the powers, if I was not meant to go she would not have been sent a vision, besides with a slayer and two potentials to help, Wesley and the others can hold down anything here," pointed out Angel.
"I'm coming too," said Cordelia looking up, "I'm the only one that knows what the military guys look like," she said.
"Very well I'll charter an aircraft, hopefully we can get there before Buffy and the others do something rash," said Giles.
"But Tara is there, she'll keep things together till we get there," said Spike.
"You're forgetting Tara thinks of Dawn almost like a daughter, it was she who really raised Dawn those five months Buffy was dead, and there is nothing more dangerous than a mother protecting her young," pointed out Giles.
"Oh bugger," exclaimed Spike.
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SGC Conference room
Sam and Janet walked through the door to find the rest of SG-1 and the General waiting for them, taking their seats the meeting got underway.
"Right people what do we know?" asked the General.
"We tried contacting Cassie; all we got was the answering machine. So we contacted the professors Sam knows and they were kind enough to have someone check, Cassie and Dawn's room was empty, the two had gone to their room then moments later rushed out again, that was the last anyone saw them," explained Janet, they could all hear the worry in her voice.
Sam placed a hand on her lover's shoulder, fighting the urge to pull her into a hug, she let her hand fall and turned back to General Hammond, "I checked the number Graham gave us, it is an unlisted number for a small detective agency?" she said.
"Don't you think that's a little strange, an unlisted number for a detective, he can't get many clients!" pointed out Daniel.
"Graham isn't a detective, at least he wasn't the last time I saw him, he is Army Special Forces," Sam told them.
"What do we know about this Graham Miller?" asked Hammond.
"Well he's my dad's godson; his dad was in my dad's unit in Vietnam. He's a good man, his service record is impeccable but there are several gaps the first five years ago then again a month ago, whatever he is doing is classified Alpha Blue One," Sam explained.
"Alpha Blue One!" frowned Daniel.
"It means that only the Joint Chiefs and the President have access to whatever he is doing, he could get into serious trouble if it is found out that he contacted us without clearance," Sam said.
"I don't like it," put in O'Neill, "This Graham Miller suddenly appears and informs you that the NID have taken Cassie and this Dawn Summers, he must be working with the NID how else would he know about it?"
"I trust Graham sir," said Sam.
Jack looked at his teammate, understanding what she wanted him to do; he gave her a slight nod before turning to the General, "Sir permission to go and find Cassie."
"Permission granted, take your team and Doctor Fraiser and find her, but be careful just in case you run into Ms Summers or Ms Rosenberg," said General Hammond.
"Yes sir," said Jack rising and leading SG-1 and Janet out the door.
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Joe Swift, Steven Alexander and Walter Arnold had never met but their lives and deaths were fated to intersect with the slayers and witches on their desperate dash to get to State College to find the Key.
Joe Swift had been driving for almost 14 hours without a break, in a desperate attempt to save his livelihood; he owed nearly $15,000 dollars to a loan company who were threatening to take his truck. That was why he had signed such a stupid contract to get a container of electronic equipment to New York before 6 AM tomorrow, "Why the hell did I sign that damn contract!" he said to his dog that lay curled up on the passenger's seat.
Steven Alexander had just got the promotion he had been after for over a year, that was why he had been out celebrating with some buddies after work, he had lost track of the time and now his wife was going to kill him!
I-80 was busier than normal as fans left several sporting events, traffic began to slow, Steven began to weaving between other vehicles, several times almost hitting them, he normally got away with it but this time he was a little drunk and with the added worry of his wife made him more rash than normal. Attempting to jump two lanes by cutting in front of Joe Swift's truck, his rear bumper hit the edge of the truck and spun around, Joe tried to swerve into the next lane but Steven's car was caught under the front and the lorry jack-knifed. The last thing Joe heard was his dog's cry, the truck turned over throwing electrical equipment all over the eastbound carriageway. It was five hours before emergency services could reopen I-80 and begin to allow the built up traffic through.
All Buffy and her friends could do was rant about dumb car drivers and stupid aircraft maintenance.
After five hours, they managed to reach Philipsburg but then Walter Arnold made an appearance, deciding that jumping a red light, with a police car parked close by, was a good idea, then he compounded the situation by failing to stop. The chase ended abruptly when Walter jumped another light and hit a truck closing 322 for almost an hour.
So the trip that would have only taken a couple of hours in the jet had taken them almost seven hours, Buffy and Faith by this time wanted to kill something, preferably the jerks that had delayed their trip.
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The four women pulled up outside Kennedy's house, they all climbed out and went up to the front door, before they could knock Manda opened it and they all filed in, "Senor Finn phoned about an hour ago when he could not get hold of you," she told them closing the door.
"Oh we must have forgotten to switch on our phones," Buffy said with a perfectly straight face, Faith and Willow smirking at her.
"He knew you would come here, he said to tell you he has talked to some people and they told him the Initiative did not take Dawn or her friend," Manda told them.
"Although I trust Riley I'll wait and see if the Initiative is behind this!" said Buffy, "Right grab your coat, we're going to Dawn's dorm room."
"But Senor Finn said to wait here for Giles," said Manda worried.
"No, the longer we wait the colder the trail," said Buffy, she looked at Willow, "You sure you can cast a tracing spell to follow them?"
"It shouldn't be a problem as long as she's still within the State it will work," Willow reassured her best friend, "Maybe a little further if Tara and I link our power."
"Right let's go," said Buffy opening the door.
A little while later they were pulling up outside Dawn's dorm building.
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"There's nothing here to help us find Cassie," said Daniel searching her desk.
"Thank you coach, sorry to have disturbed you so late," said Jack hanging up the phone. He looked at the rest of his team, "The last number to call was supposedly from coach Haise, but he says he has never phoned here and has never heard of either Cassie or Dawn Summers."
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Buffy and Manda led the way to Dawn's dorm room, as they drew closer Buffy spotted the light coming from under the door, she stopped and grabbed hold of Manda's arm, "Someone's in Dawn's room!" she whispered.
"Maybe they escaped," suggested Tara, with very little conviction.
"I doubt it and anyway if they did we would sense Kennedy and the only slayers around are Faith, Manda and me."
"Maybe it's some of the guys that took Dawn," pointed out Willow.
"I so hope your right Red," smirked Faith, an evil glint in her eyes.
"Okay Faith and me will go in first, Manda get ready to back us up if we need it, Will, Tara ready any spells that could help," said Buffy moving towards the door.
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Spike had gotten to the driver's seat of the hire car before the others could stop him and refused to yield the place to anyone, in the end, having very little time Giles and the others got in the car, "You're so immature sometimes," growled Angel as he sat next to the other vampire.
"Yeah and you drive like a girl," retorted Spike.
"Hey," cried Cordelia from the back, "I'll have you know I'm a better driver than either of you," she said.
"Are not," said Spike.
"Am too."
"Are not."
Giles began to think he should have just come on his own.
"Ah actually she's right, I remember Dru telling me once you were stopped by the highway patrol for bad driving then had to eat him after you ran over his foot," added Angel.
"The reason I was driving so erratically was that Dru was trying to give me a blow job and it was her that had the cop not me," retorted Spike.
"Can I just say eew," said Cordelia.
"So how do we get to Dawn's dorm?" asked Spike.
"We are meeting the others at Kennedy's," Giles reminded him.
"The slayer won't be there. You're supposed to be her bloody watcher and you still don't know how she thinks? She's going to head straight to the school and tear it apart until she finds nibblet and the others are going to be by her side helping. If we don't get there to stop them Penn State will just be a smudge on the map," Spike pointed out.
"I really hate to agree with him but he's right Rupert," added Angel.
Giles sighed, "I'm sorry to say it but I think you're both right."
"So directions!" asked Spike.
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"Right let's go," said Jack walking towards the door.
Suddenly chaos erupted, first the lights went out and the door swung open then Jack found himself flying into the wall the other side of Cassandra's bed when someone kicked him in the chest. As he slid down the wall, he heard both Daniel and Sam cry out in pain and saw Teal'c fire his Zat hitting someone who did not go down like they should.
Daniel cried out in pain as he felt his wrist crushed by someone that could not be human, dropping the gun he had been drawing.
Sam had instinctively stepped in front of Janet when the door opened, not having time to draw her gun, she began fighting blindly trying to get a blow in on the person she was fighting. However she tried they blocked and counter struck her and there seemed nothing she could do to stop them, the last thing she knew was the person back fisting her across the jaw then darkness.
Willow and Tara entered the room a few seconds after the three slayers and the lights come back on, they could see the body of a semi-conscious grey haired man on the other side of the beds. Faith had hold of one man's wrist, the pain on his face telling them it was broken, a short woman was kneeling next to an unconscious tall blonde woman checking her vital signs and pointedly ignoring Buffy standing over them.
Manda was exchanging blows with a very tall dark 'man' that both witches could sense was not completely human.
Willow waved her hand in front of her, "Thicken," she said, watching as the 'man' tried to hit Manda but his fist hit a barrier.
The other four looked on in surprise as Tara stepped forward and gesturing with her hand lifted the semi-conscious O'Neill into the air, "I sense you are in charge, where is Dawn?" she asked in a voice that sent a shiver down the spine of all the conscious members of the SGC.
Willow had never seen Tara like this, it reminded her of how she felt when she had thought that her lover had been killed, "Tara remember the Rede, please put him down," she said worriedly.
The look Tara gave her shocked her more than when she saw her lift the grey haired man off the floor. There was absolutely no anger or malice there, she was acting, she gave Willow a little smile before turning back to O'Neill, "I asked you a question," she said, her voice sounding like thunder in all the members of SGC's heads.
"You're not human," said the man on his knees holding his wrist, he looked down at the nearby gun.
"I'll rip your arm off before you got half way," said the dark haired woman hovering over him.
"We are quite human, which is more than I can say about your big friend there," said Buffy looking at Teal'c.
"I know you," said Janet looking up after making sure Sam was going to be all right, "You're Buffy, Dawn's sister," she looked at Daniel holding his wrist, starting to rise and head for her injured colleague, Buffy stepped in front of her, "I want to see to my friend's wrist."
Buffy stepped aside; she walked over to Teal'c looking up at him, "What are you, you don't feel quite human!"
"I am Jaffa," said Teal'c.
"Is that your name or your species?" asked Buffy.
"My species, my name is Teal'c."
"You fight well," acknowledged Buffy, "Maybe we could spar some time."
"As do you Buffy Summers of the Tau'ri," said Teal'c inclining his head.
"Tau'ri?" frowned Manda.
"That is you race's name among the System Lords I once served."
"So you are from outer space," said Buffy her tone a statement rather than a question.
"I am."
"Teal'c," groaned O'Neill, still suspended in midair. "Tell her nothing."
"You are hardly in a position to order him around Colonel," said Buffy giving him an amused look.
"When I get down from here I'll show you who's in a position to give orders," growled Jack.
Suddenly there was the sound of running outside, Buffy turned taking a defensive stance, she relaxed, as did the others when she saw Giles and Cordelia entered while Angel and Spike stayed just outside the door.
"I see you've met the other good guys Buffy," sighed Cordelia, "These are the five military people from my vision," she clarified when Giles looked at her.
Giles looked back at Buffy, she could see the disappointment in his eyes, something she rarely saw these days, "How were we supposed to know, we get to Dawn's room and find military types already here," she said trying to justify her actions.
"And of course it never occurred to you to take my numerous calls to yours and the others' cell phones or to wait at Kennedy's until we arrived," Giles said.
Buffy heard Colonel O'Neill chuckling behind her, she turned to stare daggers at him before turning back to her watcher, "Sorry," she said just above a whisper.
"Right then... well I think we should move this meeting back to Kennedy's home it's rather crowded in here. Willow, Tara if you please!" said Giles looking at O'Neill and the barrier.
"Oh sorry Giles," said Willow as she and Tara waved their hands, the barrier vanished and O'Neill found himself standing on his own two feet.
"The only place Daniel is going to is a hospital," announced Janet, she looked at Faith, "How in hell did you crush his wrist?" she asked.
"That won't be necessary," smiled Buffy, "Will."
"Right Buff," said Willow walking over to the injured man and gently wrapped both hands around his wrist, Janet gasped as she saw a slight glow, Daniel's eyes widened in wonder as the pain slowly vanished.
As Willow began to release him he grabbed her hands and turned them over frowning, "You don't have a healing device?" he said.
"Devices are not necessary, all healing comes from within," smiled Willow rising.
"What makes you think we are going anywhere with you other than the police to have you arrested?" growled O'Neill.
"You could try that but I wouldn't recommend it," said Buffy a deceptively sweet smile on her face.
"Jack," said Daniel as Giles said, "Buffy."
Both Buffy and Jack turned to their respective friends, "What," they said at the same time.
"Fighting will get us nowhere Buffy, it seems we are meant to work together on this," Giles pointed out to his slayer then turning to O'Neill, "We are both after the same thing, you want to get Cassandra back as much as we want Dawn. Now don't you think it would be easier together than wasting time fighting?"
"He's right Jack, the longer we waste the more time the NID have to do whatever it is they want with Cassie and Dawn Summers," said Daniel.
"I already know what they're planning and it won't be pleasant for the rest of us," said Cordelia from the doorway.
"How," asked Teal'c.
"It seems we both have information that can help the other, don't you think it would be adventitious to work together," said Daniel looking at Jack again.
"Okay we'll work together but I want in made quite clear before we go any further that we are in charge," said O'Neill.
"This is our territory there aren't any aliens involved, except your friend there," said Buffy nodding towards Teal'c, "As head of the council this comes under my jurisdiction," she told O'Neill.
"What council and this is our territory, it involves a rogue government agency," countered O'Neill, he was really beginning to hate this girl.
"The last time the military got involved with my business it nearly cost everyone their lives," growled Buffy clenching and unclenching her fist, she was really beginning to hate this guy.
Giles sighed at Buffy and turned to Daniel who seemed like someone who could be more reasonable, "Might I suggest a joint operation and a joint leadership?" he said, feeling that here was someone he could work with.
Daniel glanced at Jack and Buffy, before looking back at the older man, "Yes I believe that would be best," he said, he got the impression that he could work well with this man. "Jack let's go," he said beginning to follow Giles and his group out the door. He stopped remembering the unconscious Sam, "What about Sam?"
"I'll carry her," offered Faith beginning to move towards the prone woman.
"No," said Jack stepping around Buffy and in front of Faith, "Teal'c will carry her."
Faith just shrugged her shoulders and headed for the door, "Com' on B," she said.
"But the tracing spell?" Willow reminded them.
"Not necessary Willow," Cordelia said, "They are nowhere near here," she explained as she followed Angel and Spike.
Buffy turned and almost ran after Cordelia, "What do you mean, they aren't close?"
Students looked on curiously as the large group left Dawn and Cassandra's room, having heard the fighting.
Having no other choice Jack reluctantly followed, closing the door behind him.
A/N: Okay hands up all those who thought Graham Miller was a bad guy before finishing this chapter!